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m^ A COMPLETE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF DE WIH'S ACTINB 
PLAYS, AND DE WITT'S ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DRAMAS, containii« 
Plots, Costume, Scenery, Time of Representation, and every other informeu 
tion, mailed free and post-paid. 



ETHIOPIAI AND COMIC DRAMA. 



NothiDg so thorough and complete in the way of Ethiopian and Comic Dramas has ever 
been printed as those that appear in the following list. Not only are the plots excellent the 
characters droll, the incidents funny, the language humorous, but all the situations, by-play 
positions, pantomimic business, scenery, and tricks are so plainly set down and clearly 
explained that the merest novice could put any of them on the stage. Included in this 
Catalogue are all the most laughable and effective pieces of their class ever produced. 

*^* In ordering please copy the figures at the commencement of each piece, which 
indicate the number of the piece in " De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic Drama. '^ 

Ji@- Any of the following Plays sent, postage free, ou receipt of Janice— Fifteen Cents 
each. 

jg^ The figure following the name of the Play denotes the number of Acts. The 
figures in the columns indicate the number of characters — M. male; E. female. 



141. 

73. 
107. 

113. 
133. 

43. 

42. 

79. 

40. 
G. 

10. 

11. 

146. 

110. 

126. 
127. 
128. 

120. 



24. 

108. 

148. 

35. 

112. 

;4i. 

144. 

140. 
12 
53. 
63. 

131. 



M. F. 

Absent Minded, Ethiopian farce, 1 

act 3 1 

African Box, burlesque, 2 scenes ... 5 
African us Bluebeard, musical Ethi- 
opian burlesque, 1 scene 6 2 

Ambition, farce, 2 scenes 7 

Awful Plot (An) Ethiopian farce, la. 3 1 
Baby Elephant, sketch, 2 scenes.. . . 7 1 
Bad' Whiskey, Irish sketch, 1 scene. 2 1 
Barney's Courtship, musical inter- 
lude, 1 act 1 2 

Big Mistake, sketch, 1 scene 4 

Black Chap from Whitechapel, Ne- 
gro piece 4 

Black Chemist, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Black-Ey'd William,sketch,2 scenes 4 1 
Black Forrest (Thc),Ethiopian farce, 

1 act 2 1 

Black Magician (De), Ethiopian com- 
icality 4 2 

Black Statue (The), Negro farce 4 2 

Blinks and Jinks, Ethiopian sketch. 3 1 
Bobolino, the Black Bandit, Ethio- 
pian musical farce, 1 act 2 1 

Body Snatche»s (The), Negro sketch, 

2 scenes 3 1 

Bogus Indian, sketch, 4 scenes 5 2 

Bogus Talking Machine (The), farce, 

1 scene 4 

Bruised and Cured, sketch, 1 scene. 2 
Charge of the Hash Brigade, comic 

Irish musical sketch 2 2 

Christmas Eve in the South, Ethio- 
pian farce, 1 act 6 2 

Coal Heaver's Ilevenge,Negro sketch, 

1 scene 6 

Coming Man (The), Ethiopian sketch, 

2 scenes 3 1 

Cremation, sketch, 2 scenes 8 1 

Crowded Hotel (The), sketch, 1 sc. 4 1 

Cupid's Frolics, sketch, 1 scene 5 1 

Daguerreotypes, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Damon and Pythias, burlesque, 2 sc. 5 1 
Darkey's Stratagem, sketch, 1 scene 3 1 
Darkey Sleep Walker (The), Ethio- 
pian sketch, 1 scene 3 1 



124 
111 

139 
50, 
64 
95. 

67. 

4, 

136. 



25, 



51, 
152. 

106. 

83. 

77. 

17, 

58. 
31. 
20. 
82. 
130. 



M. F. 

. Deaf as a Post, Ethiopian sketch.. . . 2 
. Deeds of Darkness, Ethiopian ex- 
travaganza, 1 act 6 1 

Desperate Situation (A), farce, 1 sc. 5 2 

, Draft (The), sketch, 2 scenes 6 - 

Dutchman's Ghost, 1 scene 4 1 

Dutch Justice, laughable sketch. 

1 scene 11 

Editor's Troubles, farce, 1 scene ... 6 

Eh ? What is it ? sketch 4 1 

Election Day, Ethiopian farce, 2 sc. 6 1 
Elopement (The), farce. 2 scenes. . . 4 1 

Excise Trials, sketch, 1 scene 10 1 

Fellow that Looks like Me, inter- 
lude, 1 scene 2 1 

First Night (The), Dutch farce, 1 act 4 2 
Fisherman's Luck, sketch, 1 scene. 2 
Fun in a Cooper's Shop, Ethiopian 

sketch 6 

Gambrinus, King of Lager Beer, 

Ethiopian burlesque, 2 scenes 8 1 

German Emigrant (The), sketch, Isc. 2 2 
Getting Square on the Call Boy, 

sketch, 1 scene 3 

Ghost (The). Sketch, 1 act 2 

Ghost in a Pawn Shop, sketch. 1 sc. 4 
Glycerine Oil, sketch, 2 scenes...,. 3 

Going for the Cup, interlude 4 

Good Night's Rest, sketch, 1 scene. 3 
Go and get Tight, Ethiopian sketch, 

1 scene 6 

Gripsack, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Guide to the Stage, sketch 3 

Haj^py Couple, 1 scene 2 1 

Happy Uncle Bufus, Ethiopian mu- 
sical sketch, 1 scene 1 1 

Hard Times, extravaganza. 1 scene. 5 1 
Helen's Funny Babies, burlesque, 

1 act 6 

Hemmed In. sketch :. 3 1 

High Jack, the Heeler, sketch, 1 sc. 6 

Hippotheatron, sketch 9 

HoAV to Pay the Rent, farce. 1 scene 6 

In and Out, sketch. 1 scene 2 

Intelligence Office (The), Ethiopian 
sketch, 1 scene 2 1 



LOVED AND LOST. 



A DRAMA. 



IN ONE ACT. 



BY AUSTIN FRIARS. 



TOGETHER WITH 
A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES CAST OF THE CHARACTERS- 
ENTRANCES AND EXITS RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE 

PERFORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OF 
THE STAGE BUSINESS. 



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JAN 22 1S85, J 



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Copyright. 1884, by A. 0". B. Dk WIW. 






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/ 

CAIST OF CHARACTERS^ "-O \ 



Henry Aston. 
Harold Gwyni 
Ellen Mabston. 



Harold Gwynnb. V 



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TIME OF PLAYING— TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES. 



8CEJVERY. 
Scene— A well-furnished apartm^t. Entrances R. and L. Window in Flat. 



COSTUMES. 

Henry Aston and Harold G^^/^ne— gentlemen's modem style. EUen Marston — 
rich, but not showy, attire. 



PROPERTIES. 
Work-basket and work for Ellen ; letter in work-basket ; letter for Henry. 



STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

R. means Right of Stage, facing the Audience ; L. Left ; C. Centre ; R. C. Right 
of Centre ; L. C. Left of Centre. D. F. Door in the Flat, or Scene running across 
the back of the Stage : C. D. F. Centre Door in the Flat ; R. D. F. Right Door in 
the Flat : L. D. F. Left Door in the Flat : R. D. Right Door ; L. D. Left Door : 1 E. 
First Entrance ; 2 E. Second Entrance ; U. E. Upper Entrance ; 1, 2 or 3 G. First, 
Second or Third Groove. 
R. R. C. C. L. C. H 

^^The reader is supposed to be upon the stage facing the audience. 



TMP92-009298 






LOVED AND LOST. 



SCENE. — A well-furnished Apartment, Entrances R. and L. Window 
in flat, 

Ellen seated at work at taMe ; Harold standing near, 

Harold. I have lived a very lonely, weary life, Ellen. I long for 
peace and quiet. Will you cruelly turn me out into the noisy, quarrel- 
some world again? Oh, I promise to love you sincerely and truly as 
long as I live. I will myself be your servant, and save you from the 
slightest trouble, if you will only give me the light of your presence. 
Do not deny me hastily, for my whole future depends on your 
answer. 

Ellen. I am very sorry for this. Very sorry, Harold, because I 
had hoped that you would ever be my best and truest friend, but I 
am afraid that I shall now be deserted by you. 

Harold. What, must you turn me away because I dreamed of a 
happiness so great as that of being your husband ? 

Ellen. It cannot be. It cannot be. I am sorry that I cannot an- 
swer as yoa would wish,but it is not through selfishness or a disregard 
for your feelings : it is as much for your sake as for my own that 1 
answer you — no. 

Harold. Then it is mistaken kindness. Whether is it better, to re- 
main for ever by your side, with the right to be there, or to go now 
heartbroken and cheerless into a desolate world ? Oh ! Ellen, some 
devil has tempted you to my disadvantage with a false conclusion. 
Let truth and love avert its influence. Tell me what were these 
whisperings, and I will prove that they are as false and hollow as 
their source. 

Ellen. Alas, Harold, my conclusion is founded on hard, stern fact 
— fact that I cannot forget while I have this bitter aching heart that 
continually reminds me of it. If I have to give you a cruel answer, 
it is in true kindness, and believe me I can pity you, for I have borne 
such a blow myself. 

Harold. You? 

Ellen. Aye. I have loved — and this is my answer to you — I love 
another. 

Harold. And you will marry him ? I wish you joy. 

Ellen. Joy ! The world is more black, and cheerless, and weari- 
some to me than, I pray, it will ever be to you. I love another, but 



4 LOVED AND LOST. 

my love is lost — wasted : bestowed on one who has forgotten the gift. 

Harold. The scoundrel 

Ellen. Nay, I love him still. 

Hz^PwOLD Pardon me. 

Ellen. Oh, Harold, I would that you had loved some innocent girl 
that would have been like a sister to me as you have been like a bro- 
ther. How dearly I would love her. You have seen me too frequent- 
ly. If you travelled you might soon forget. New faces 

' Harold. No, no ; my experience of the world was not acquired 
yesterday. My heart has made its choice — it is your decision that 
will either give it new life or make it desolate. 

Ellen. Have I not already decided ? Have I not told you I love 
another ? 

Harold. But will your life be wasted for him ? Is he true? Come, 
tell me your story. By renewing your memory, you will be best able 
to gauge the respective merits of your misplaced affection, and the 
true, honest love I offer you. 

Ellen. I am afraid it will not alter my mind. My story is very 
simple. -When my father died, he left us in such poor circumstances, 
that I was obliged to take a situation as governess. Then by chance 
I made the acquaintance of a gentleman — 

Harold. (^5/<^?^.) A scoundrel! 

Ellen. Who was on a visit. His name was Henry Aston. We 
frequently met. He won my love, and I consented to marry him. 
When he left, he said he would immediately get his father's consent to 
our marriage, and that his mother would come and see me. Instead of 
that, scarcely a week after he left I received a letter from his mother, 
to inform me that her son wished to have no further communication 
with me, and enclosed were two or three cuttings from local papers, 
which spoke of the contemplated match between Henry Aston, Esq,, 
of Aston Towers, and the Lady Alicia — something — I forget what now. 
At all events, he never wrote to me, he never came to see me, 
and soon after I was peremptorily deprived of my situation, through^ 
I have no doubt, the influence of his family, and turned adrift ; I have 
never seen or heard of him since. He is happy I suppose with his 
titled wife, and never thinks of me. Even if I had the opportunity, 
I am too proud to let him know I think of him. 

Harold. And. because of this wretched piece of deception, are 
you going to waste all your life for such a heartless, worthless fellow? 

Ellen. Because you are willing to spoil your future, is that any 
reason why I, who love you as a dear brother, should consent to 
help you ? 

Harold. How ? 

Ellen. By marrying you when I do not love you. 

Harold. You will learn in time to do so. 

Ellen. If I thought so I would consent, but I know I shall love 
Henry while I live. I care too sincerely for you to risk your happi- 
ness. 

Harold. Honestly now, and putting all sentiment on one side, 
you never hope to marry this Aston ? 

Ellen. No. In fact I believe he is married. 

Harold. Then you will never be aware of the death of the old 
passion till a new one is born. I am sure if you only rightly under- 
stood your heart, you would find you do not care for him at all. But 
you will surely awake to that fact some day, and then I shall be an 



LOVED AND LOST. 5 

old man, grey-headed and broken down, not worth your slightest re- 
gard. Oh, Ellen, do not waste your life and mine on an altar of fool- 
ish sentimentalism. Soar above the promptings of a blighted heart, 
and listen to the dictates of your womanhood and good seuse. Am I 
not a man you can trust ? 

Ellen. With my life. I honor you, I respect you, I trust you — 
everything short of love. 

Harold. Well then, I ask you earnestly and solemnly to become 
my wife, and I will require no more of you than your respect and 
confidence. I have too great a trust in you to fear that your mis- 
taken love for this man will ever tempt you to wrong. 

Ellen. (Tremulous.) Oh! Harold, do not act rashly. If I consent, 
you will be responsible for my happiness. 

Harold. I have no fear for that. You can ever trust me. Your 
love is dead, and that being gone, what higher feelings are there than 
respect and reverence ? I have no fear for the future, and I am very 
hopeful, for interest, regard, and love are but steps. I believe in the 
golden time of peace that is coming. 

Ellen. May heaven grant it. (Tliey embrace.) Leave me now, 
Harold, a little while. (He kisses lier fondly. Exit L.) 

Ellen. Of his love there is no doubt ; but oh ! how different is the 

feeling with which I view my future now, to that but away ! I 

will not think such things ; let me rather convince myself that fate 
has conspired to make me happy. 

{Enter Henry, r. He looks deivildered.) 

If I cannot love my husband, at least I can respect him ; I will be 

proud of him, and if ever I meet — /i/m, I will try . Yes, I think I 

could meet him now as if he were a stranger. 

Henry. Ellen! 

Ellen. Henry ! (She rushes into his arms, and tlien retires to extreme 
l.) 

Henry. What is the meaning of this ? 

Ellen. (Agitated.) I beg your pardon, Mr. Aston, for my extraord- 
inary conduct ; but if your memory is not surprisingly defective, let 
it remind you of what took place about three years ago, 

Henry. Nothing can account to me for your manner. Perhaps you 
will explain why you never wrote to me during those three years. 

Ellen. I did not think the Lady Alicia would approve of such a 
correspondent. 

Henry. The Lady Alicia be hanged. How did you get hold of that 
cock-and-a-bull story ? But come, Nell, you owe me an explanation. 
You, my promised wife, ran away from the only address I knew, and 
left not a trace behind. 

Ellen. I did not leave, I was dismissed. 

Henry. Dismissed ! Did you get my letter ? 

Ellen. The only letter I got was from j-our mother. 

Henry. Ah ! that beautiful epistle. But did'nt you get my letter ? 

Ellen. I only got your mother's. I did not think you would write 
when, as I understood from that letter, you were busy in preparations 
for your marriaga. 

Henry. That you of course believed ? 

Ellen. Yes. 



b LOVED AND LOST. 

Henry. What, my marriage ? 

Ellen. Yes, with the Lady Alicia. 

Heney. The Lady Fiddlesticks. How could you believe me so 
false ? 

Ellen. And — and are you not married? 

Henry. Married ! Married I Come, did you think I was ? 

Ellen. Yes. 

Henry. Then that's the secret. And did the goosey run away be- 
cause people chose to tell lies ? 

Ellen. I did not rely solely on newspapers ; I gave up all thoughts 
of you on receipt of this letter. {Haudhu/ letter to him, which she 
takes from icork-haslet. ) 

Henry. From my mother. {Heading.) ' My son wishes me to in- 
form you that his marriage with the Lady Alicia Fulsomehigh, which 
has long been in contemplation, and is entirely consonant to the 
wishes of his family, will shortly be solemnized. Under these cir- 
cumstances; Madam, I trust you will see tlie propriety — for your own 
sake — of forgetting whatever he may have said to you when in your 
company.' Oh ! mother, how could you be so wickedly cruel ? 

Ellen. I did not answer this letter, but I trust your mother had no 
reason to complain of my obedience. 

Henry. Ellen, do not let us misunderstand each other. This letter 
was written entirely without my knowledge. I have never been false 
to you once in word or deed. When I left you, I lost no time in ask- 
ing my father's consent to our union, but I was langhed at. When I 
persisted, I was threatened. Father and mother, everybody, tried to 
force me into this match with Lady Alicia Fulsomehigh, but I 
never gave the slightest encouragement. I braved it out for a week, 
hoping against hope that something might influence my father to 
change his mind. I wrote to you, assuring you of my constancy, but 
you did not get the letter; then I wrote another, which I know you 
did not get, for it is in my hands now. Here it is, let it be my wit- 
ness that I speak the truth. {Randing letter,) 

Ellen. It is dated three years ago. 

Henry. And was written and posted then. 

Ellen. {Heading.) 'Dearest Nell, — I cannot gain my father's con- 
sent, he is altogether against us ; but I am determined to win. Will 
you, darling, trust yourself to me, poor and penniless as I offer myself ? 
If you will, happiness is in store for us, and a willing heart and a 
strong arm vrill always keep the wolf from the door. Meet me at 
London Bridge Station. next Wednesday, at 12 o'clock, and we will 
commence our battle against the world. May God keep you, my own 
little wife that will be. — Henry Aston.' And did you intend this for 
me? 

Henry. That is the second letter I sent you. Of course I thought 
you received them both. I waited at the station for you, and you 
never came. Then I went to enquire for you where you had been 
employed, but you had gone, and not a trace was left forme to follow. 
You had disappeared as thougli you w^auted to run away from me. 

Ellen. Oh ! how terribly we have both been mistaken. 

Henry. But, Ellen, you still love me? 

Ellen. And shall while I live. 

Henry. (Embracing her.) My darling. 

Ellen. {Disengaging herself .) But how was this letter delayed? It 
is dated Tuesday, and I did not leave until the following Saturday. 



LOVED AND LOST. 7 

Henry. It reached me a week ao:o through the Returned Letter 
Office. It appears that in the Post Office it accidentally slipped inside 
the cover of a large trade circular, where it lay concealed and unnoticed. 
When this circular reached its destination, the gentleman to whom it 
was addressed threw it carelessly in a drawer, unopened, where it lay 
till about ten days ago, when chancing to see it, he tore it open, and 
discovered the letter. He immediately enclosed it, wdth a letter of 
explanation, in another envelope, and forwarded it ; but, as you had 
tlien left that address, it was returned to me, and it was only a few 
days ago that I received it. I then learned for the first time that you 
had not wantonly disregarded my offer. 

Ellen. Oh, CTuel, cruel letter, what misery you have brought! 

Henry. Nay, perhaps it was providential. If I had married you 
then, I might be fighting for bread — perhaps unsuccessfully — now. 
But a change has taken place : I can marry you now without fear of 
opposition. I am my own master — my father is dead. You can and 
must come now and reign in my heart and my home. 

Ellen. No, no, I cannot — I cannot. Oh, this is the very cruelty 
of fate. It is too late, too late ! 

Henry. Too late! Good heavens, Ellen, am I dreaming, or are you 
mad? 

Ellen. Neither. We have made a dreadful mistake, but we must 
abide by it. 

Henry. A mistake ! Was I mistaken three years ago w^hen I 
thought you laid your head on this breast, and promised to be my 
wife f Was I mistaken when I thought I heard you say you loved me*? 
Good heavens, did I not hear you say just now that you love me still ? 

Ellen. You did, for I do — I do. 

Henry. Then what is the mistake ? You will be my wife. 

Ellen. I cannot. , 

Henry. How is this ? You love me . Oh, Ellen, It cannot be 

. Kind heaven, grant it is not that ! You have not, believing 

me false, married another ? 

Enter Harold, l. 

Ellen. No, no — but almost. I have promised to marry another. 

Henry. Thank heaven, then it is not too late. 

Ellen. Alas, it is — it is. If I break my promise, I break an honest 
man's heart. He loves me so dearly. 

Henry. He cannot love you as I do. 

Ellen. Nor do I love him as I do you ; but he has been so kind, so 
good, so true a friend. 

Henry. And is there no thought for me, who spent three j'ears in 
care and bitterness through love for you ? What will my lifebe with- 
out you? 

Ellen. Do not forget I love you. Then think of my life. I must 
not think of it ; I must not think of you ; I must do my duty. 

IIiiNEY. Our duty is to do what is right in the sight of God, and 
Go'l never inflicted misery. 

Ellen. But duty has before now been a trial. 

HzNRY. Which led to happiness. We have had our trials, God 
knows, and now should be the time of happiness. Oh, come to me, 
Ei^^n, have pity on me. He never — he could not love you as I do. 

Harold. ^Tis false; I love her as truly and entirely as God has 



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8 LOVED AND LOST. 

placed it in the power of man to love. You may love her as well — 
you can never love her more than I do. Aye, 'tis true, and I can 
prove how deep that love is : let this be my witness in the sight of 
man. (He joins Ei.hE'^^s cmd nz^ii^RY^s hmids together.) May God bkss 
you both ! Do not speak to me, Ellen, I have heard all. True love 
is not selfish, and true love teaches me that for your happiness I can 
make the sacrifice of my own. (He sinliS into chair by table^ cover- 
ing his face ivith his hands; Ellen and Henry on either side of him.) 



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lU. 
167. 

93. 

40. 

89. 
258. 

2S7. 

16fi. 
310. 

41. 
141. 
223. 

67. 

36. 
279. 
296. 
:60. 
.79. 

25. 

70. 
261. 
226. 

24. 
199. 

1. 

175. 
65, 



219. 



76. 
205, 



149, 
121, 



Cabmau Xo. 93, farce, 1 act 2 

Captaiu of the Watch, comedietta, 

1 act 6 

Caste, comedy, 3 acts 5 

Ca.st npou the World, drama, 5 acts.ll 
Cathariue Howard, historical play, 

3 acts 1 . 12 

Caught by the Cuff, farce, 1 act 4 

Charming Pair, farce, 1 act 4 

Checkmate, comedy, 2 acts 6 

Chevalier de St. George, drama, 3a. 9 
Chimuey Corner (The), domestic 

di-ama, 3 acts 5 

Chops of the Channel, farce, 1 act. . 3 
Circumstances alter Cases, comic 

operetta, 1 act 1 

Clouds, comedy, 4 acts 8 

Comical Couutess, farce, 1 act 3 



3 


222 




248 


3 


lUT 




152 


2 


52 


3 


148 


3 




2 


113. 


2 


20 


3 


280 




4 


3 


22 




275 


1 


96 


2 


16 


2 


58 


2 


125 


3 


71 


2 


142 


3 


204. 


5 


21 


2 


260 


3 


240 


6 


263 


2 


186 


8 


242. 


1 


47. 


6 


283. 


1 




2 


202. 




315. 


2 


297. 


3 




5 


200. 




135. 


5 


230 


1 


103. 


3 


9. 


5 




3 


128. 




101. 


2 


99. 


2 


262, 


1 


145. 


7 


102. 


1 


88. 



M. F. 

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jg®* riease notice that nearly all the Comedies, Farces and Comediettas in the following 
List of " De Witt's Acting Plays " are very suitable tor representation in small Amateur 
Theatres and on Parlor Stages, as they need but little extrinsic aid Irom complex sceuery 
or expensive costumes. They have attained their deserved poinilarity by their droll situa- 
tions, excellent plots, great Immor and brilliant dialogues, no less than by the fact that 
they are the most perfect in every respect of any edition of plays ever published either in 
the United States or Europe, whether as )-egards purity of text, accuracy and fullness of 
stage diiections and scenery, or elegance of typography and clearness of printing. 

*^* In ordering please copy the figures at the commencement of each piece, which 
indicate the number of the piece in " De Witts List of Acting Plays." 

je®=' Any of the following Plays sent, postage free, on receipt of ^vice—Fifteen Cents 
each. 

jQ^ The figure following the name of the Play denotes the number of Acts. The 
figures in the columns indicate the number of characters— M. male; F. female. 

M. F. 

75. Adrienne, drama, 3 acts 7 

231. All that Glitters is not Gold, comic 

drama, 2 acts 6 

308, All on Account of a Bracelet, come- 
dietta, 1 act 2 

Anything for a Change, comedy. 1 act 3 

Apple Blossoms, comedy, 3 acts. .. 7 

Area Belle, farce, 1 act. 3 

Atehi, comedietta, 1 act 3 

A\mt Charlotte's Maid, farce, 1 act. 3 

Aunt Dinah*s Pledge, temperance 
drama, 2 acts 6 

Bachelor's Box (La Petite Hotel), 
comedietta, 1 act 4 

Bardell vs. Pickwicli, sketch. 1 act. 6 

Barrack Room (The), comedietta,2a, 6 

Beautiful Forever, farce, 1 act 2 

Bells (The), drama, 3 acts 9 

Betsey Baker, farce, 1 act 2 

Birthplace of Podgers, farce, 1 act.. 7 

Black Sheep, drama, 3 acts 7 

Black-Eyed Susan, drama, 2 acts. ..14 

Black and White, di-ama, 3 acts.... 6 

Blow for Blow, drama, 4 acts 11 

Breach of Promise, drama, 2 acts . . 5 

Broken-Hearted Club, comedietta. . 4 

Bonnie Fish Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

Bottle (The), drama, 2 acts 11 

1. Box and Cox, Romauce.»J act 2 



Cool as a Cucumber, farce, 1 act 
Cricket on the Hearth, drama, 3 acts 8 

Cupboard Love, farce, 1 act 2 

Cui3id"s Eye Glass, comedy, 1 act.. 1 

Cup of Tea. comedietta, 1 act 3 

Cut Oil' with a Shilling, comedietta, 

1 act 2 

Cyril's Success, comedy, 5 acts 10 

Daddy Gray, drama. 3 acts 8 

Daisy Farm, drama, 4 acts 10 ' 

Dandelion's Dodges, farce, 1 act... 4 ^ 

David Garrick, comedy, 3 acts 8 3 

Day Alter the Wedding, larce, 1 act 4 2 
Dearest Mamma, comedietta, 1 act.. 4 

Dearer than Life, drama, 3 acts 6 

Deborah (Leah), drama, 3 acts 7 

Deerfoot, farce. 1 act 5 

Doing for the Best, drama, 2 acts.. 5 
Dollars and Cents, comedy, 3 acts. . 9 
Drawing Boom Car(A).comedy,l act 2 

Dreams, drama, 5 acts.. 6 

Drunkard's Warning, drama, 3 acts 6 
Drunkard's Doom (The), drama, 2a. 15 

Drunkard (The), drama, 5 acts 13 

Duchess de la Yalliere.play, 5 acts.. 6 

Dumb Belle (The), farce, 1 act 4 

Eas5' Shaving, farce, 1 act 5 

E. C. B. Susan Jane, musical bur- 
lesque, 1 act 8 

Eileen Oge, Irish drama. 4 acts 11 

Electric Love, farce, 1 act 1 

English Gentleman (An), comedy- 
drama, 4 acts 7 

Estranged, operetta. 1 act 2 

Everybody's Friend, comedy. 3 acts 6 
Family Jars, musical farce, 2 acts.. 5 
Faust and Marguerite, drama. 3 acts 9 
Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, 

interlude. 1 act 4 

Female Detective, drama, 3 acts 11 

Feriiande. drama. 3 acts 11 10 

l^ifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts 10 2 

Fifteen Years of a Drunkai'd's Life, 

melodrama. 3 acts 13 4 

First Love, comedy. 1 act 4 1 

Foiled, drama. 4 acts 9 3 

Founded on Facts, farce, 1 aet 4 2 



DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS -Oontinued. 



M. r. 

259. Fruits of the Wine Cup, drama, 3 cts 6 3 
192. Game of Cards (A), comedietta, la.. 3 1 

7Jt. (iarrick Fever, tarce, 1 act 7 4 

53. Gertrude's Mouey Box, farce, 1 act. 4 2 
73. Goldeu Fetters (Fettered), di'ama, 3.11 4 
30. Goose witli the Goldeu Eggs, farce, 

1 act 5 3 

131. Go to Putuey, farce, 1 act 4 3 

276. Good for Notiiiug, comic di'ama, la. 5 1 
306. Great Success (A), comedy, 3 acts. . 8 5 

277. Grimsliaw, Bagshaw and Bradsliaw, 

farce, 1 act 4 2 

203. Heir Apparent (The), farce, 1 act... 6 1 
241. Haudy Andy, drama, 2 acts 10 3 

28. Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act 1 1 

151. Hard Case (A), farce, 1 act 2 

8. Heury Duubar, drama, 4 acts 10 3 

180. Heury the Fifth, hist, play, 5 acts. .38 6 
303. Her Only Fault, comedietta, 1 act, . 2 2 

19. He's a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 2 

60. Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts 6 5 

191. High C, comedietta, 1 act 3 3 

246. High Life Below Sta-irs.farce,2 acts. 9 5 
301. Hinko, romantic drama, 6 acts 12 7 

224. His Last Legs, farce, 2 acts 5 3 

187. His Own Enemy, farce, 1 act 5 1 

174. Home, comedy. 3 acts 4 3 

:U1. Honesty is the Best Policy, play, 1. 2 

64. Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act. ... 1 1 
190. Hunting the Slippers, farce, 1 act.. 4 1 
197. Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts 13 2 

225. Ici on Parle Francais, farce, 1 act... 3 4 
252. Idiot Witness, melodrama, 3 acts. . . 6 1 

18. If I had a Thousand a Year^ farce, 14 3 
116. I'm not Mesilf at all, Irish stew, la. 3 2 

29. In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act 2 3 

a59. In the Wrong House, farco, 1 acr. . . 4 2 

278. Irish Attorney (The), farce, 2 acts. . 8 2 
282. Irish Broom Maker, farce. 1 act 9 3 

273. Irishman in Loudon, farce, 1 acts. . 6 3 

243. Irish Lion (The), farce, 1 act 8 3 

271. Irish Post (The), drama. 1 act 9 3 

244. Irish Tutor (The), farce, 1 act 5 2 

270. Irish Tiger (The), farce, 1 act 5 1 

274. Irish Widow (The), farce, 2 acta. . ..71 

122. Isabella Orsini, drama, 4 acts 11 4 

177. I Shall Invite the Major, comedy, 14 1 

100. Jack Long, drama, 2 acts 9 2 

299. Joan of Arc, hist, play, 5 acts 26 6 

139. Joy is Dangerous, coniedy, 2 acts. . 3 3 

17. Kind to a Fault, comedy, 2 acts. ... 6 4 
233. Kiss in the Dark (A), farce, 1 act... . 2 3 
309. Ladies' Battle (The), comedy, 3 acts 7 2 

86. Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts 12 5 

137. L' Article 47, drama, 3 acts 11 5 

72. Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act 4 2 

144. Lancashire Lass, melodrama. 4 acts. 12 3 

34. Larkins' Love Letters, farce, 1 act.. 3 2 

189. Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act 1 1 

253. Lend Me Five Shillings, farce, 1 act 5 3 

111. Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts 7 2 

119. Life Chase, drama. 5 acts 14 5 

239. Limerick Boy (The), farce. 1 act 5 2 

48. Little Annie's Birthdav. farce, 1 act.. 2 4 

32. Little Rebel, farce, 1 act 4 3 

164. Little Ruby, drama, 3 acts 6 6 

295. Little Em'ly, drama, 4 acts 8 8 

165. Living Statue (The), farce. 1 act 3 2 

228. Loan of a Lover (The), vaudeville,!. 4 1 



109. Locked in, comedietta, 1 act 2 1 

85. Locked in with a Lady, sketch 1 1 

87. Locked Out, comic seine l 1 

143. Lodgers and Dodgers, larce, 1 act.*. 4 2 
212. London Assurance, comeay, 5 acts. 10 3 

291. M. P., comedy, 4 acts .7 2 

210. Mabel's Manoeuvre, iiiterlude, 1 act 1 3 

163. Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts 10 9 

154. Maria and Jlagdalena, play, 4 acts 1. 8 6 
63. Marriage at any Price, farce. ] act. 5 3 

249. Marriage a Lottery, comedy, 2 acts. 3 4 
208. Married Bachelors, comedietta, la.. 3 2 

39. Master Jones' Birthday, farce, 1 act 4 2 

7. Maud's Peril, drama, 4 acts 6 3 

49, Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act. ....,8 2 

15. Milky White, drama, 2 acts 4 2 

46. Miriam's Crime, drama, 3 acts 5 2 

61. Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act 3 2 

302. Model Pair (A), comedj', 1 act 2 2 

184. Money, comedy, 5 acts 17 3 

250. More Blunders than One, farce, la. 4 3 
312. More Sinned against than Sinning, 

original Irish drama, 4 acts 11 

234. Morning Call (A), comedietta, 1 act. 1 1 

108. Mr. Scroggins. farce. 1 act 3 3 

188. Mr. X., farce, 1 act 3 3 

169. My Uncle's Suit, farce, 1 act 4 1 

216. My Neighbor's Wife, farce, ] act. . . .3 3 

2'S6. My Turn Next, farce, 1 act 4 3 

193. My Walking Photograph, musical 

duality, 1 act 1 1 

267. My Wife's Bonnet, farce, 1 act 3 4 

130. My Wife's Diary, farce, 1 act 3 1 

92. My Wife's Out. farce, 1 act. 2 2 

218. Naval Engagements, farce, 2 acts. . . 4 2 
140. Nev»r Reckon your Chickens, etc., 

farce. 1 act. . 3 4 

115, New Men and Old Acres, comedj^ 3 8 5 

2. Nobody's Child, di-ama, 3 acts 18 3 

57. Noemie, drama, 2 acts.. 4 4 

104. No Name, drama, 5 acts 7 5 

112. Not a bit Jealous, tarce, 1 act 3 3 

298. Not if I Know it, tarce, 1 act 4 4 

185. Not so bad as we Seem, play, 6 acts.l3 3 

84. Not Guilty, drama, 4 acts 10 6 

117. Not such a Fool as he Looks, drama, 

3 acts 5 4 

171. Nothing like Paste, farce, 1 act 3 1 

14. No Thoroughfare, drama, 5 acts. . . .13 6 

300. Notre Dame, drama, 3 acts 11 8 

269. Object of Interest (An), farce, 1 act. 4 3 
268. Obstinate Family (The), farce, 1 act. 3 3 
173. Off the Stage, comedietta, 1 act. ... 3 3 

227. Omnibus (The), farce, 1 act. . .... 5 4 

176. On Bread and Water, farce, lact... 1 3 
254. One Too Many, farce. 1 act 4 2 

33. One Too Manv for Him, farce, 1 act 2 3 
8. £100,000. coinedy, 3 acts 8 4 

90. Only a Halfpenny, farce, 1 act >. 2 2 

170. Only Somebody, farce, 1 act 4 2 

289. On the Jury, drama, 4 acts 5 5 

97. Orange Blossoms, comedietta, 1 act 3 3 

66. Orange Girl, drama. 4 acts 18 4 

209. Othello, tragedy, 5 acts 16 2 

172. Ours, comedy, 3 acts 6 3 

94. Our Clerks, farce, 1 act 7 6 

45. Our Domestics, comedy-farce, 2 acts 6 6 

155. Our Heroes, military play, 6 acts.. .24 5 
178. Out at Sea, drama, 6 acts 17 5 



DE WITT'S AGTINa PLAYS -Gontinued. 



M. F. 

147. Overland Route, comedy, 3 acts 11 5 

305. Pan- oH Shoes (A), larce, 1 act 4 3 

285. Partners for Lite, comedy, 3 acts 7 4 

156. Peace at auy Price, larce, 1 act 1 1 

82. Peep o' Day, drama, 4 acts 12 4 

127. I'eggy Green, larce, 1 act 3 10 

23. Petticoat Parliament, extravagauza, 

lact 15 24 

293. Piiilomel, romautic drama, 3 acts... 6 4 

62. Pliotograpliic Fix, farce, 1 act 3 2 

61. Plot aud Passion, drama, 3 acts. ... 7 2 

138. Poll aud Partner Joe, burlesqe, la.. 10 3 

217. Poor Pillicoddy, larce, 1 act 2 3 

110. Poppletou's Predicaments, farce, la. 3 6 

50. Porter's Knot, drama, 2 acts 8 2 

59. Post Boy, drama. 2 acts 5 3 

95. Pretty Horse-Breaker, farce 3 10 

280. Pretty Piece of Business (A), come- 
dy, 1 act .. 2 3 

181. 182. Queen Mary, drama. 4 acts 37 9 

196. Queerest Courtship (The), comic 

operetta, 1 act 1 1 

255. Quiet Family, farce, 1 act 4 4 

157. Quite at Home, comedietta, 1 act... 5 2 

132. Race for a Dinuer, farce, 1 act 10 

237. Regular Fix (A), farce, 1 act 6 4 

183. Richelieu, play, 5 acts 12 2 

38. Rightful Heir, drama, 5 acts 10 2 

77. Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts 8 4 

316. Romeo on the Gridiron (A), mono- 
logue, for a lady ; . , . 1 

195. Rosemi Shell, burlesque, 4 scenes.. 6 3 

247. Rough Diamond (The), farce, 1 act. 6 3 

194. Rum, drama, 3 acts 7 4 

13. Ruy Bias, drama, 4 acts 12 4 

229. Sarah's Young Man, farce, 1 act 3 3 

158. School, comedy, 4 acts, 6 6 

201. School for Scandal, comedy, 5 acts. .13 4 

264. Scrap of Paper (A), comic drama, 3a. G 6 

79. Sbeep in Wolf's Clothing, drama, la. 7 5 

203. Sbe Stoops to Conquer, comedy, 5a.l5 4 

37. Silent Protector, farce. 1 act ,.\.. 3 2 

35. Silent Woman, farce, 1 act 2 1 

213. Single Married Man (A), comic ope- 
retta, 1 act 6 2 

43. Sisterly Service, comedietta, 1 act.. 7 2 

6. Six Months Ago, comedietta, 1 act.. 2 1 

^21. Slasher and Crasher, farce, 1 act. . . 5 2 

10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act. . .1 1 

26. Societ.y, co||iedy, 3 acts 16 5 

207. Sold Again, comic operetta, lact... 3 1 

804. Sparking, comedietta, 1 act 1 2 

78. Special Performances, farce, 1 act. . 7 3 
215. Still Waters Run Deep, comedy, 3a. 9 2 
1156. Sweethearts, dramatic contrast, 2a.. 2 2 
232. Tail (Tale) of a Shark, musical mon- 
ologue, 1 scene. 1 

31. Taming a Tiger, farce. 1 act 3 

150. Tell-Tale Heart, comedietta. 1 act.. 1 2 

120. Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act 2 1 



257. Ten Nights in a Bar Room, drama, 

5 acts 8 2 

146. There's no Smoke without Fire, 

comedietta, 1 act 1 2 

83. Thrice Married, personation piece, 

1 act 6 1 

245. Thumping Legacy (A), 1 act 7 1 

251. Ticket of Leave Man, drama, 4 acts. 9 3 

42. Time and the Hour, drania. 3 acts. 7 3 

27. Time and Tide, drama, 4 acts 7 5 

133. Timothy to the Rescue, larce, 1 act 4 2 
153. 'Tis Better to Live than to Die, 

farce, 1 act 2 1 

134. Tompkins the Troubadour, farce. 1. 3 2 

272. Toodles (The), drama, 2 acts 10 2 

235. To Oblige Benson, comedietta, 1 &ct 3 2 

238. Trying It On, larce, 1 act 3 3 

29. Turning the Tables, farce, 1 act. . 5 3 

214. Turn Him Out, farce, 1 act 3 2 

168. Tweedie's Rights, comedy, 2 actb.. 4 2 

126. Twice Killed, farce, 1 act 6 3 

234. 'Twixt Axe and Crown, play, 5 acts. 24 13 

198. Twin Sisters, comic operetta. 1 act. 2 2 

265. Two Bonnycastles, farce, 1 act 3 3 

220. Two Buzzards (The), farce, 1 act. ... 3 2 

56. Two Gay Deceivers, face, 1 act. , ... 3 

123. Two Polts, farce. 1 act 4 4 

288. Two Roses (The), comedy. 3 acts. . . 7 4 

292. Two Thorns (The), comedy, 4 acts.. 9 4 

294. Uncle Dick's Darling, drania, 3 acts 6 5 

162. Uncle's Will, comedietta. ] act 2 1 

106. Up for the Cattle Show, farce, 1 act 6 2 

81. Vandyke Brown, farce, 1 act 3 3 

317. Veteran of 1812 (The), romautic mil- 
itary drama, 5 aci s 12 2 

124. Volunteer Review, farce, 1 act 6 6 

91. Walpole, comedy in rhyme 7 2 

118 Wanted, a Young Lady, farce, 1 act. 2 1 
2S1. Wanted, One Thousand Spirited 
Young Milliners for the Gold Re- 
gions, farce, 1 act 3 7 

44. War to to the Knife, comedy, 3 acts 5 4 

311. What Tears can do. comedietta, la.. 3 2 
105. Which of the Two? coniediettti, la.. 2 10 

266. Who Killed Cock Robin? farce, 2a.. 2 2 

98. Who is Who ? larce 3 2 

12. Widow Hunt, comedy, 3 acts. 4 4 

213. Widow (The), comedy, 3 acts 7 6 

5. William Tell with a Vengeance, bur- 
lesque 8 2 

314 (Window Curtain, monologue. .. 1 

I Circumstantial Evidence " 1 

136. Woman in Red, drama, 4 acts 6 8 

161. Woman's Vows and Masons' Oaths, 

drama, 4 acts 10 4 

11. Woodcock's Little Game, farce. 2a.. 4 4 
290. Wrong INIan in the Right Place (A), 

farce, 1 act 2 S 

54. Young Collegian, farce, 1 act 3 '} 



A COMPLETE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF DE -WITT'S ACT' 
"ING PLAYS AND DE -WITT'S ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DRAMAS, 
containing Plot, Costume, Scenery, Time of Representation, and all other informa- 
tion; mailed free and post paid on application. Address 

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DE WITT'S DRAWING-ROOM OPERETTAS 



B^" TO MUSICAL AMATEURS. .^^J 

The number of Musical Amateurs, both ladbs and gentlemen, is not only verf 
targe, but is constantly increasing, and very naturally, for there is no more r& 
fined and pleasant mode of spending leisure hours thar in singing and playing th» 
choice productions of the best Composers. Hitherto there has been an almost totai 
lack of suitable pieces adapted to an evening's entertainment in Parlors by Amateurs. 
Of course whole Operas, or even parts of Operas, require orchestral accompani- 
^ments and full choruses to give them effect, and are therefore clearly unfit fot 
(Amateur performance, while a succession of songs lacks the Interest given by a 
tplot and a contrast of characters. In this series (a list of which is given below) we 
have endeavored to supply this want. The best Music of popular Composers is wed- 
ded to appropriate words, and the whole dovetailed into plots that are effective atf 
jEk&T^ petite plays, but are rendered doubly interesting by the appropriate and btau^ 
iifyl Music, specially arranged for them. 



LIST OF DE WITT'S MUSICAL PLAYS. 

PRICE 15 CENTS EACH. 



LEAP TEAR—A Musical Dual- 
ity. By Alfred B. Sedgwick. Mu- 
sic selected and adapted from Of- 
fenbach's celebrated Opera, " Gene- 
vieve de Brabant.^'' One Male, one 
Female Character. 

THE TWm SISTEES-Comic 

Operetta, in One Act. The Music 
selected from the most popular num- 
bers in Le Cocq's celebrated Opera 
Bouffe, *' Oirojie Girofla,'' and the 
Libretto written by Alfred B. Sed&- 
wicK. Two Male, Two Female 
Characters. 

SOLD AGAIN AND GOT THE 

MONEY.— Comic Operetta, m One 
Act. The Music composed and the 
Libretto written by Alfred B. Sedg- 
wick. Three Male, One Female 
Character. 

THE QUEEEEST OOUETSHIP. 

—Comic Operetta, iu One Act. The 
Music arranged from Offenbach's 
celebrated Opera, ''La Princesse de 
Trebizonde,'' and the Libretto writ- 
ten by Alfred B. Sedgwick. One 
Male, One Female Character. 



ESTEANGEDr-An Operetta, in 
One Act, The Musie arranged from 
Verdi's celebrated Opera, '^II Tiw 
atorCs'"'' and the Libretto adapted by 
Alfred B. Sedgwick. Two Male, 
One Female Character. 

OIEOUMSTANOES ALTEK 

CASES.— Comic Operetta, in One 
Act. The music composed and th© 
Libretto written by Alfred B. Sedg- 
wick. One Male, One Female Char- 

MY WALKIIG PHOTOGEAPH. 

— Musical Duality, in One Act. The> 
Music arranged from Le Cocq's 
Opera, "Xa FUle de Madame Angot,""^ 
and the Libretto written by Alfrb» 
B. Sedgwick. One Male, One F©- 
m^e Character. 

A SINGLE MAEEIED MAN.- 

Comic Operetta, in One Act. The 
Music arranged from Offenbach's 
celebrated Opera Bouffe, " Madame 
r Archiduc,'''' and the Libretto writ- 
ten by Alfred B. SA)gwick. Six 
Male, Two Female Characters. 



MOLLY MOEIAETY..— An Irish 
Musical Sketch, in One Act. The 
Music composed and the Dialogue 
written by Alfred B. Sedgwick. 
One Male, one Female Character. 
Suitable for the Variety Stage. 

THE OHAEGE OP THE HASH 

BRIGADE.— A Comic Irish Musical 
Sketch. The Musie composed and 
the Libretto written by Joseph P. 
Skelly. Two Male, two Female 
Charactere. Suitable fofr the FfeH«!|^ 
Stage. 



GAMBEINUS, KING OF LAGEE 

BEER.— A Musical Ethiopian Bur- 
lesque, in One Act. Music and Dia- 
logue by Frank Dumont. Eight 
Male, one Female Character. Suita- 
ble for the Ethiopian Stage. 

APEIOANTJS BLUEBEAED-A 

Musical Ethiopian Burlesque, mOne 
Act. Music and Dialogue by Frank 
DuMONT. Four Male, four FemaU 
Characters. Suitable for the EUiu^r 



DE WITT'S ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DEAMA.— Continued. 



M. F. 

33. Jealous Husband, sketch 2 1 

9:1. Julius the yuoozer. buiieaque, 3 sc. 6 1 
103. Katiiua's Little Game, Dutcli act, 

1 sceue 1 1 

1. Last of the Mohicaus, sketch 3 1 

36. Laughing Gas, sketch, 1 sceue 6 1 

18. Live lujuu, sketch, 4 scenes 4 1 

60. Lost Will, sketch . , 4 

37, Lucky Job, farce, 2 scenes 3 2 

90. Lunatic (The), farce, 1 scene 3 

109. Making a Hit, farce, 2 scenes 4 

19. Malicious Trespass, sketch, 1 scene. 3 
149. 'Meriky, Ethiopian farce, 1 scene... 3 1 
151. Micky Free, Irish sketch, 1 scene.. 5 

96. Midnight Intruder, farce, 1 scene* . 6 1 
147. Milliner's Shop (The), Ethiopian 

sketch, 1 scene 2 2 

129. Moko Marionettes, Ethiopian eccen- 

ti-icity, 2 scenes 4 5 

101. Molly Moriarty, Irish musical 

sketch, 1 scene - 1 1 

117. Motor Bellows, comedy, 1 act 4 

44. Musicar Servant, sketch. 1 scene.... 3 

8. Mutton Trial, sketch, 2 scenes .... 4 
119. MyWife'sYisitors, comic drania,lsc. 6 1 

49. Night in a Strange Hotel, sketch, Isc. 2 
132. Noble Savage, Ethi'n sketch, 1 sc... 4 
145. No Pay No Cure, Ethi'n sketch, 1 sc. 5 

22. Obeving Orders, sketch, 1 scene 2 1 

27. lOOtii Ni-,^ht of Hamlet, sketch 7 1 

125. Oh, Hush ! operatic olio 4 1 

30. One Night in a Bar Room, sketch . . 7 

114. One Night in a Medical College, 

Ethiopian sketch, 1 scene 7 1 

76. One, Two, 'Three, sketch, 1 scene.. 7 

91. Painter's Apprentice, farce, 1 scene. 5 
87. Pete and the Peddler, Negro and 

I Irish sketch, 1 scene 2 1 

135. Pleasant Companions, Ethfopian 

sketch, 1 scene 5 1 

92. Polar Bear (The), farce, 1 scene 4 1 

9. Policy Players,' sketch, 1 scene 7 

j 57. Pompey^s Patients, interlude, 2 sc.^6 

65. Porter's Troubles, sketch, 1 scene. . 6 1 

66. Port Wine vs. Jealousy, sketch 2 1 

115. Private Boardius, comedy, 1 scene. 2 3 
14. Recruiting Office, sketch, 1 act 5 

105. Rehearsal (The), Irish farce, 2 sc. . . 3 1 

45. Remittance from Home, sketch. 1 sc. 6 
55. Rigging a Purchase, sketch, 1 sc. . . 3 



81. 

26. 

138. 

15. 
59. 



84. 
38. 
74. 
46. 
69. 
56. 
72. 
13. 
16. 
7. 
121. 



51. 
100. 
102. 

34. 

122. 

2. 

104. 

5. 

28, 
131, 

62, 

32. 

39. 

75. 

93. 

29. 

97. 

137. 

143. 

99. 



116. 



M. F. 

Rival Artists, sketch, 1 scene 4 

RiN al Tenants, sketch 4 

Rival Barbers' Shops (The). Ethio- 
pian tarce. 1 scene 6 II 

Sam's Ooui-tship, farce, 1 act 2 1 

Sausage Makers, sketch. 2 scenes.. 5 1 

Scampini, pantomime, 2 scenes 3 3 

Scenes on the Mississippi, sketch, 

2 scenes.. 6 

Serenade (They, sketch, 2 scenes 7 

Siamese Twins, sketch, 2 scenes. ... 5 

Sleep Walker, sketch. 2 scenes 3 

Slippery Day, sketch, 1 scene 6 1 

Squire lor a Day, sketch 5 1 

Stage-struck Couple, interlude, 1 sc. 2 1 

Stranger, burlesque, 1 scene 1 2 

Streets of New York, sketch, 1 sc. . . 6 
Storming the Fort, sketch, 1 scene. 5 

Stupid Servant, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Stocks Up! Stocks Down! Negro 

duologue, 1 scene 2 

Take It, Don't Take It, sketch, 1 sc. 2 

Them Papers, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Three Chiefs (The), sketch, 1 scene. 6 

Three A. M., sketch, 2 scenes 3 1 

Three Strings to one Bow, sketch, 

1 scene 4 1 

Ticket Taker, Ethi'n farce, 1 scene 3 

Tricks, sketch 5 2 

Two Avvfuls (The), sketch, 1 scene.. 5 

Two Black Roses, sketch 4 ] 

Uncle Eph's Dream, sketch, 2 sc. . . 3 1 
Unlimited Cheek, sketch. 1 scene . . 4 1 

Vinegar Bitters, sketch, 1 scene 6 1 

Wake up, William Henry, sketch. . . 3 
Wanted, a Nurse, sketch, 1 scene. . . 4 
Weston, the Walkist, Dutch sketch, 

1 scene 7 1 

What shall I Take ? sketch, 1 scene. 7 1 
Who Died First ? sketch, 1 scene. . . 3 1 

Who's the Actor? farce, 1 scene 4 

Whose Baby is it ? Ethiopian sketch, 

1 scene . . 2 1 

Wonderful Telephone (The), Ethio- 
pian sketch, 1 scene 4 1 

Wrong Woman in the Right Place, 

sketch, 2 scenes 2 2 

Young Scamp, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Zacharias' Funeral, farce, 1 scene.. 5 



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